Major Fire Trial - EPS* withstands the Flames

On 19th September the Graz Fire Brigade held a trial to determine the safety of EPS Insulation Panels mounted on facades under fire conditions. Common scepticism was refuted; the EPS facades showed themselves to be completely self-extinguishing.

"Pure kindling" was the phrase recently used by some critics to describe EPS panels on building facades. Recognising the widespread use of such panels, due to their excellent price/performance ratio, the Graz Fire Brigade decided to clarify matters by organising a controlled fire trial on the site of a disused factory. 200 experts from home and abroad closely followed the progress of the specially initiated fire on sixhouse facades, two of which were EPS-insulated.

The result was as clear as it was reassuring; the two EPS facades would not catch fire, the flames extinguished themselves after a short time, and the 250 firemen present were scarcely needed.